8.Parallelism 排比, 平行

  这种修辞法是把两个或两个以上的结构大体相同或相似,意思相关,语气一致的短语.句子排列成串,形成一个整体.

  例如:

  1>.No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

  2>.In the days when all these things are to be answered for, I summon you and yours, to the last of your bad race, to answer for them. In the days when all these things are to be answered for, I summon your brother, the worst of your bad race, to answer for them separately.

  9.Euphemism 委婉,婉辞法

  婉辞法指用委婉,文雅的方法表达粗恶,避讳的话.

  例如:

  1>.He is out visiting the necessary. 他出去方便一下.

  2>.His relation with his wife has not been fortunate. 他与妻子关系不融洽.

  3>.Deng Xiaoping passed away in 1997. (去世)